Lingotek
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| Lingotek | |
|---|---|
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 TMS and Workbench | |
| Initial release | 2006 |
| Type | Content management framework |
| Website | lingotek |
Lingotek is a cloud-based translation services provider, offering translation management software and professional linguistic services for web content, software platforms, product documentation and electronic documents.[1]
Lingotek was founded in 2006 by members of the LDS Church, and is the preferred tool for crowdsourced translation within the Church. Although Lingotek was initially marketed to government entities, translation companies, and freelance translators, the current marketing strategy targets larger corporations with translation needs.[2]
It received $1.7 million in Series A-1 venture capital funding from Canopy Ventures and Flywheel Ventures, to develop language search engine technologies.[3]
In August 2006, Lingotek launched a beta version of its collaborative language translation service, which aimed to improve a translator's efficiency by rapidly identifying meaning-based translated material for reuse. This service, called the Lingotek Collaborative Translation Platform, was based on three tiers of translation: automatic, community, and professional.[4]
In 2007, the software development company secured $1.6 million in Series A-2 financing. The A-2 round was led by Canopy Ventures of Lindon, Utah, which contributed $1 million. Previous investors, including Flywheel Ventures, also participated in the A-2 round.[5]
On July 16, 2008, Lingotek received an investment from In-Q-Tel, a not-for-profit investment firm that delivers technology to support the Central Intelligence Agency and the broader U.S. Intelligence Community.[6]